On 18 June 2025, the High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected the appeal lodged by the Romanian Government, thus definitively confirming the Executive's obligation to adopt the decision necessary to implement Law No. 350/2006 on young people, which provides for concrete forms of support for young people but has been blocked for almost two decades. This decision ends a period of government inaction, during which millions of young people were deprived of essential rights because the law had no implementing rules.
Entire generations have been denied access to rights such as: non-repayable financial allowances for access to specific start-up advice, preferential credit programmes for setting up small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly in rural and economically disadvantaged areas, tax reductions for companies set up by young graduates, free introductory courses in management and business administration, rights provided for by Law No 350/2006.
Faced with this abuse, FACIAS appealed to the court as a last resort and sued the Romanian Government to enforce the law and obtain justice for young people. In May 2024, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favour of FACIAS, finding that the Executive had violated the law and ordering it to issue a government decision to enforce the Youth Law.
Despite the Court of Appeal's decision and the delay of over 18 years, the Executive appealed the court's ruling. Among the reasons given is that, in its opinion, responsibility for drafting the rules is not an obligation of the Government, even though the law explicitly states that it is responsible for adopting the implementing rules by Government Decision.
FACIAS calls on the Government to comply with the ICCJ decision and urgently initiate the legislative process for the drafting and adoption of the normative act implementing the Youth Law. Any further delay constitutes a continuation of the abuse of young people.